Lexical Definition
Strong's Hebrew H2617
kindness ; by implication (towards God) piety ; rarely (by opposition) reproof , or (subject.) beauty
KJV usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
Etymology: from 2616 ;
Brown–Driver–Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
. Usage: favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing. favour, good deed(-liness, -ness), kindly, (loving-) kindness, merciful (kindness), mercy, pity, reproach, wicked thing.
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